Easter may now be all but a distance memory and while you’ve been working off the chocolate eggs and lazy four day weekend, the courts of Somerset have been in full swing.

Among those facing justice this week are a man who ran over a man and left him in the street with a broken ankle, a carer who pilfered almost £50,000 from a dementia patient, a man who stabbed his victim repeatedly in the face and a vigilante parking monitor.

Here’s your guide to the biggest cases in the courts this week.

A Yeovil man who started self-policing the street where he lived, putting traffic cones on the roofs of cars he thought were badly parked, caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage to the vehicles.

Mark Harwood-Scorer suffered from a debilitating health condition, so placed the cones on the edge of the roof then pushed them towards the middle of the vehicles causing scratch marks to the bodywork.

Harwood-Scorer, 59, of Queensway Place, appeared before magistrates at Yeovil this week to face the consequences of his actions.

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A carer who convinced an elderly woman that she was her granddaughter in order to help herself to almost £50,000 of her money was found guilty of three charges of theft and fraud on Wednesday, after a six day trial at Taunton Crown Court.

Kisella Hillman

Kisella Hillman committed the offences over the course of about three months while she was being paid to look after the victim, who lived near Frome, and used the money to pay for time in a recording studio and to help support an orphanage in Kenya.

The 27-year-old defendant, of Little Keyford Lane, Frome, had denied any wrong-doing, claiming the money had been given to her as a gift.

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Also on Wednesday, a teenage-boy from Taunton was branded one of the most dangerous people one Judge had ever had appear before him.

The 16-year-old boy – who cannot be named for legal reasons – had been found guilty of a single charge of sexual touching following a trial.

But the jury at Taunton Crown Court cleared him of 12 charges of sexual offences and rape - a decision branded "bizarre" by the judge.

Judge David Ticehurst

Sentencing the boy to a two-year rehabilitation order, Judge David Ticehurst said: "I think that you are potentially one of the most dangerous men who has ever appeared before me.

"Your perverted interest in young girls is a matter of grave concern."

He said the verdict reached by the jury in the trial had been "bizarre" and told him: "You are extremely fortunate you were not convicted of any of the other charges against you. You were looking at a lengthy prison sentence – and some of the girls who gave evidence against you during the trial would no doubt believe it is exactly what you deserve.

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A man who ran over another man's leg, leaving him in agony on the ground with a bone sticking out of his ankle, was warned to expect a jail sentence when he appeared before Taunton Crown Court this week.

Adam Watson, 27, of St Matthew's Green, Bridgwater, admitted a charge of grievous bodily harm and causing serious injury by dangerous driving after being involved in an incident which eye-witnesses said was like ‘the Jeremy Kyle Show taking place in the middle of the street.'

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A man who was released from prison on license after strangling his girlfriend and burning down her home to try and hide his crime was jailed for six years this week after stabbing a man and woman in a booze and cocaine-fuelled attack in Bridgwater.

Matthew Bayle

Matthew Bayle, 32, of George Street, had moved to Bridgwater when he was released from prison by the parole board who no longer deemed him to be a threat to members of the public.

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A second man has been sentenced over the crash which caused the death of Lewis Rogers and left another man paralysed from the neck down.

33-year-old Christopher Hampton from Riverstone, West Huntspill was spared jail for the part he played in the collision.

The driver of the car, Lee Stoodley was sentenced to 11-years in prison at the end of March when he was convicted of causing the death of Lewis Rogers, by driving without due care and attention while having consumed alcohol over that of the legal driving limit.

The court heard that Hampton had picked up his car from outside a pub, intending to drive to Bridgwater that night to carry on drinking and partying.

The court heard that a group of four men – Dan Reed, Lewis Rogers, Lee Stoodley and Christopher Hampton, had been out on their work's Christmas party on the night of the accident.

Hampton had picked up his car from a pub after drinking heavily with his friends, intending to drive to Bridgwater to carry on drinking.

But part way through the journey, he said he felt too drunk to drive, pulling over and swapping seats with Stoodley, who took over the driving.

Shortly afterwards, the car was involved in a catastrophic accident at the Dunball roundabout on December 20, 2015.

The scene of the collision that killed Lewis Rogers

A man who stole his former partner's keys and then thumped her in the face, fracturing her nose and eye socket when she tried to get them back has been branded a "bully" by a judge and jailed for 10 months.

Joshua Dalgarno, 23, of Middle Leigh, Street, had been in a relationship with the woman for six months and stayed at her home in Yeovil overnight before leaving the following morning, on October 29, 2016.